News from February 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today released a discussion draft of legislation designed to protect taxpayers in over $1 trillion in contracts and grants awarded by the federal government each year to companies and individuals that are or should be banned from receiving taxpayer funds.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Pine Ridge, South Dakota man convicted of Domestic Assault by a Habitual Offender was sentenced on Jan. 14, 2013 by Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Viken. Daryl Lee Goings, age 46, was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release and ordered to pay $100 to the Victim Assistance Fund.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Debbie Ann Bernard, 40, of Casper, Wyoming, was sentenced by Chief Federal District Court Judge Nancy D. Freudenthal on Feb. 1, 2013, for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine. Bernard conspired with others to distribute 96 ounces of methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: DENVER - Marcus Covington, age 33, of New York City, New York, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 172 days (time served) for Interference with a Flight crew, U.S. Attorney John Walsh and FBI Denver Special Agent in Charge James Yacone announced. Following...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - St. Joseph’s Medical Center, a hospital located in Towson, Maryland, has reached a settlement with the United States to pay $4.9 million in connection with its submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Gary Joe Emery, age 27, of Mission, South Dakota appeared before U.S. District Judge Roberto A. Lange on February 6, 2013 and pled guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 10 years in custody, a $250,000 fine, or both; 3 years of supervised release; and a $100 special assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Ex-inspector solicited and received bribes primarily from Koreatown businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Ohio woman who claims she investigates labor unions on behalf of attorneys was arrested today and charged by Complaint with making false accusations against former officers of an international labor union, falsely claiming she was the victim of a shooting, and fabricating evidence to support her false allegations, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Defendant Attempted To Strike New York’s Financial District On Behalf Of Al-Qaeda.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: McALLEN, Texas - A federal jury in McAllen has convicted Erick Ochoa-Rodriguez, 19, of Pharr, on two counts of conspiring to possess and actually possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute the controlled substance to another, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. The verdicts were returned earlier today after nearly three days of trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, today announced that an indictment was filed against Matthew A. Butler, age 29, of Toledo, Ohio. The charges relate to receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography between Nov. 18, 2011 and June 27, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the co-author of the only climate change bill to pass a chamber of Congress, today praised the announcement that the carbon pollution cap for states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) will be strengthened considerably - going from 165 million tons down to 91 million tons. The new cap level locks in emission reductions achieved to date, and continues to drive additional reductions through 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: BRUNSWICK, GA: STEPHEN A. KEATING, 52, of Jesup, Georgia, pleaded guilty Tuesday before Chief United States District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood to three counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor in relation to his production of numerous images of child pornography, and one count of Distribution of Child Pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: TIN, INC., d/b/a/ TEMPLE INLAND, a Delaware Corporation located in Austin, Texas, pled guilty yesterday to negligently causing the discharge of a pollutant from its Bogalusa Facility into the Pearl River and to the negligent taking of fish from the Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge, announced United States Attorney Dana Boente.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Kimberly Yvette Dinkins, 44, of Manassas, Va., pled guilty today to purchasing 31 handguns from three Virginia gun shows to resell for profit.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: FORT WORTH, Texas - A federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas, has convicted Larry Lake on one count of concealment of assets (bankruptcy fraud) and three counts of tax evasion, announced U.S. Attorney Sarah R. Saldaña of the Northern District of Texas. The trial began Monday morning before U.S. District Judge John McBryde.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: PIO or Contact Person: Becky Latanich.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Ring Leader Sentenced to 35 Years Imprisonment.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: KANSAS CITY, KAN. - Federal charges have been filed against two people in connection with an arson at an apartment complex in Manhattan, Kan., that killed a woman, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2013
News Release: Hammond, Indiana- The United States Attorney’s Office announced that the following Indictments were returned on February 7, 2013.
